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Shell Starts Production at Silvertip Phase 3 in Gulf of America

Oct 28, 2026

Shell has started production at Phase 3 of its Silvertip project in the Gulf of America, bringing additional oil and gas volumes to its operated Perdido spar through two wells expected to deliver combined peak production of up to 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).The wells are located in the Silvertip Frio reservoir, where Shell holds a 40% working interest and serves as operator, alongside Chevron with 60%…

HYDRA SUBSEA, Shell to Install Pipelines on Subsea Tie-Ins

Oct 15, 2026

HYDRA SUBSEA announced the execution of a commercial agreement with Shell Offshore Inc. for a standardized deepwater pipeline installation solution for selected short distance subsea tie-ins in the Gulf of America. Shell’s Appomattox gas lift line is the first project proposed…

US Gulf Oil Production Cut by 63% as Hurricane Nears

Oct 09, 2026

US producers in the Gulf of Mexico shut in about 1.3 million barrels per day of oil production and 1.1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas as Hurricane Isaias blew through the corridor ahead of an expected landfall somewhere between southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle later this week…

Tropical Storm Isaias Forces Shell, Chevron to Curb Gulf Production

Oct 08, 2026

Shell and Chevron said on Wednesday they were curtailing offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Isaias approached the region.Shell said it was evacuating all personnel and shutting in production at its Mars, Olympus, Ursa…

Chevron Moves Non-Essential Crews Off US Gulf Platforms Ahead of Storm

Oct 07, 2026

Chevron said on Tuesday it was transporting non-essential personnel from its offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as a possible tropical storm approached the US Gulf Coast.'Production from Chevron-operated assets remains at normal levels…

Borr Drilling Reshapes Mexico Operations, Extends Rig Backlog

Sep 16, 2026

Borr Drilling has agreed to sell its 51% stake in two Mexican joint ventures to its local partner, while retaining ownership of three jack-up rigs working for Pemex and continuing to participate in their underlying contracts through bareboat charters…

Pemex Contains Oil Leak from Gulf of Mexico Pipeline

Sep 14, 2026

Mexico’s state-run oil firm Pemex has begun repairing an offshore pipeline after a crude oil release about 46 nautical miles off Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, with the pipeline isolated and no further oil being released.Personnel at the Cantarell…

Talos Energy Farms Into Mexico’s Offshore Oil Block via Repsol Deal

Jul 28, 2026

Talos Energy has agreed to acquire a 50% working interest in Block 29 offshore Mexico from Repsol, expanding its international portfolio with a pre-final investment decision oil development that includes more than 200 million barrels of oil equivalent of estimated recoverable resources…

Chevron Halts Petronius Output as Tropical Storm Nears

Jul 22, 2026

Chevron has shut in production at its Petronius platform in the U.S. Gulf of America and evacuated all associated personnel to shore as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches.The company said production from its other Chevron-operated assets in the Gulf remains at normal levels…

Grupo Carso to Buy TotalEnergies' Stake in Mexico Offshore Block

Jul 17, 2026

Grupo Carso has signed a binding agreement with TotalEnergies to acquire its entire 30% interest in offshore Block 30 in Mexico's Isthmus Saline Basin.The acquisition will be carried out through Mx Dlta Nrg 1, a subsidiary of Zamajal, in which…

Shell Agrees $1.7B Gulf Deepwater Assets Sale to Talos Energy and Ridgewood

Jul 01, 2026

Talos Energy and an affiliate of Ridgewood Energy Corporation have agreed to acquire Shell's interests in the Na Kika platform and the Coulomb field in the Gulf of America in a deal valued at $1.7 billion.Under the agreement, Talos will acquire…

EnerMech Completes Pipeline Decom Job for Subsea7 in Gulf of Mexico

Jun 24, 2026

Energy services company EnerMech has completed a pipeline flushing and cleaning contract for Subsea7 as part of an offshore field decommissioning program in the Gulf of Mexico.The scope covered the flushing and cleaning of a long-distance deepwater…

Shell’s Deepwater Mars Hits One Billion Barrels, with More to Come (Video)

May 21, 2026

Shell’s Mars platform has produced its billionth barrel of oil equivalent, becoming the first single offshore platform in the Gulf of America to reach the milestone nearly three decades after production began.The deepwater oil and gas platform…

TGS to Embark on OBN Survey Job in Gulf of America

May 11, 2026

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has secured an ultra-high resolution OBN contract in the Gulf of America.A deep-water crew is scheduled to mobilize early June 2026, according to the company.'We are very pleased to secure this ultra-high resolution OBN contract…

EnerMech to Support Subsea7 on Mexico’s Trion Oil Project

May 06, 2026

EnerMech has been awarded a subsea pre-commissioning contract by Subsea7 for the Trion ultra-deepwater oil development offshore Mexico.The Trion project, located about 180 kilometers offshore in the Perdido Fold Belt at water depths of 2,500-2…

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